Methodology: Derived from textual description

ID: 22

Description:

Typically a group opinion that has been derived from text about a coral colony or species.

Used for traits:

• Axis presence
• Calcareous sclerites presence
• Larval swimming speed
• Main non-scleritic skeletal component
• Substrate attachment
• Type of skeleton
• IUCN Red List category
• Polyp type
• Water temperature
• Abundance GBR
• Abundance world
• Colony contractability
• Depth lower
• Depth upper
• Depth zone
• Light zone
• Type locality depth
• Water clarity preference
• Wave exposure preference
• Climate zone
• Marine province
• Marine realm
• Branch diameter
• Branching architecture
• Calyx height
• Calyx width
• Coloniality
• Colony height
• Colony maximum diameter
• Colony width
• Coordination of polyps
• Corallite width maximum
• Corallite width minimum
• Growth form
• Growth form (basic octocorallia)
• Growth form (detailed octocorallia)
• Growth outline type
• Number of pinnules per tentacle
• Polyp density
• Polyp diameter
• Polyp dimorphism
• Polyp height
• Polyp retractability
• Polyps per polyp leaf
• Rachis length
• Tentacle length
• Trunk diameter
• Type of growth
• Genus fossil age
• Genus fossil stage
• Growth rate
• Longevity
• Symbiodinium clade
• Tissue thickness
• Zooxanthellate
• Age at maturity
• Asexual reproduction mode
• Frequency of reproduction
• Larval length
• Larval width
• Mode of larval development
• Oocyte size at maturity
• Oogenic cycle duration
• Polyp fecundity
• Propagule size on release
• Reproductive period
• Sexual system
• Size at maturity
• Spawning date

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Sclerophytum ornatum

• 231957

  Marine province

  Andaman (cat)

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• 231955

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231959

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231956

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 233147

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Sclerophytum ovispiculatum

• 231969

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231972

  Marine province

  Eastern Coral Triangle (cat)

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• 231971

  Marine province

  Western Coral Triangle (cat)

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• 231970

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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• 231967

  Marine province

  Western Indian Ocean (cat)

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• 231966

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231973

  Marine realm

  Temperate Northern Pacific (cat)

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• 231965

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231968

  Marine province

  Andaman (cat)

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Sclerophytum papillosum

• 231975

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231977

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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• 231976

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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Sclerophytum papulum

• 232492

  Type locality depth

  2.00 (m)

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Sclerophytum parulekari

• 231980

  Marine realm

  Western Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231979

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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• 231981

  Marine province

  Central Indian Ocean Islands (cat)

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Sclerophytum parvum

• 231985

  Marine province

  South China Sea (cat)

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• 231984

  Marine realm

  Central Indo-Pacific (cat)

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• 231983

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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Sclerophytum paulae

• 231987

  Climate zone

  tropical (cat)

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